In 2021, the PDDC continues with limited hours and limited sample processing capacity due to COVID-19.  Click here for the PDDC’s current submission policy.  The […]

PDF of listing available here Interested in organic fruit production, IPM, pollinators, and sustainable agriculture? The UW-Madison Wisconsin Fruit group is currently looking for a […]

In 2021, the PDDC continues with limited hours and limited sample processing capacity due to COVID-19.  Click here for the PDDC’s current submission policy.  The […]

*The following information was presented at the 2021 Wisconsin Apple Field Day. Fire blight is the most important bacterial disease of apple. When warm and […]

Recently, the UW Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic and the UW Fruit Crops Pathology lab confirmed the presence of Neopestalotiopsis sp. associated with diseased strawberry crown […]

Caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab has been high over the last two weeks.  A summary of recent fruit crop insects reported to the […]

Apple maggots started emerging in Wisconsin orchards and will continue to do so for the next several weeks. Numbers are increasing and growers should consider […]

Japanese beetle adults (Figure 1; JB) continue to be present at the West Madison Ag Research Station (WMARS) vineyards. The numbers have not been really […]

Phenology As of July 20 at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS) in Verona, WI, the cultivar Itasca has reached veraison (E-L* Stage 35), […]

Dr. Amaya Atucha’s presentation at July’s Virtual Cranberry Brown Bag addressed soil water content and irrigation information during cranberry fruit set, development, and ripening. She […]